Some 20 teens sued by the Recording Industry Association of America, which accuses them of unauthorized downloads, will appear in a Pepsi-Cola ad that kicks off a two-month offer of up to 100 million free — and legal — downloads from Apple's iTunes, the leading online music seller. The sassy ad, to be seen by Super Bowl's 88 million viewers on Feb 1, is a wink at the download hot button.
Don't forget! As every year, Radio Borderline will play the TOP 50 CDs from the WIRE Magazine.
Mo 05/01 The Wire 50 Records Of The Year 2003, Part 1
Mo 12/01 The Wire 50 Records Of The Year 2003, Part 2
Mo 19/01 The Wire 50 Records Of The Year 2003, Part 3
Mo 26/01 The Wire 50 Records Of The Year 2003, Part 4
Mo 02/02 The Wire 50 Records Of The Year 2003, Part 5
Eigentlich bin ich ein riesen Fan von Weblogs, sonst hätt' ich ja kein eigenes. Wie ich nun darauf komme mal meine eigene Meinung zu schreiben und nicht wie üblicherweise nur cut'n paste? Ein Blog welches bei Blogawards eine Auszeichnung erhielt !
Also wenn ich mal ein Blog nicht mag, dann aus folgenden Gründen:
Was ich gar nicht mag, sind Weglogs ohne erkennbare inhaltliche Struktur, Blogs mit willenlos angehäuften Links. Am besten noch Links zu Artikel auf der Startseite vom Spiegel. So nach dem Motto, "hey Leute, schon gehört ? Sie haben den Saddam geschnappt ! Steht sogar auf der Spiegel Startseite !".
Natürlich gibt's auch Blogs ohne zentrales Thema, sind dann trotzdem interessant, jemand schreibt lustig und interessant über den eigenen Alltag, siehe www.nosexinthecity.de oder bringt einfach seine Gedanken nieder, siehe www.argh.de.
OK, was mag ich noch nicht? Ach ja wenn die Beiträge, wirklich unter jedem Niveau sind. Hier aktuelle Beiträge eines Weblogs, mit Award !
Pissen im Büro
Gerenderte Japan-Schnitten
Clooney wieder solo
Neues zum Diana-Unfall
Links aus anderen Weblogs zu übernehmen, ohne dann einen "Backlink" zu setzten, find' ich auch furchtbar. Natürlich kann man das auch mal vergessen, klar.
Dann gibt's noch Weblogs die erschlagen einen förmlich wenn man sie zum ersten mal sieht. Rechts und links der eigentlichen Artikel noch mal tausende Links, Menues, Banner... furchtbar. Weblogs die das alles NICHT haben und somit irgendwie "schön" sind:
Das eigentlich Schlimme an diesen überladenen Seiten ist, das der Programmierer/Gestalter ein gewisses Maß an HTML Kenntnissen haben muss, allerdings keine Ahnung von Usability, oder schlicht gutem Design hat.
Nun das Blog welches mich so aufregt, hat eine Auszeichnung erhalten. Demzufolge muss es wohl genug Leute geben denen es gefällt. Nun...über Geschmack lässt sich eben streiten und besagtes Blog ist eben nicht mein Geschmack.
Bin gerade die Homepage des Medienturm.at am abgrassen. Sehr viele schöne Links und Artikel !
Dort bin auf ein kleines Artikelchen zur Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung gestoßen. Jeder der sich halbwegs für Zeitgeschichte interessiert, kommt dort wirklich günstig an feine Bücher. Kostenpunkt: ca. 2€ pro Buch + Porto. Die gleichen Bücher kosten im Laden ca. 10€ !
Ich bin zum ersten mal auf die BPB vor ein paar Jahren gestoßen worden. Damals wollte ich noch Lehrer werden und mein damaliger Geschichtsdozent hielt uns an, dort die Bücher für das Seminar zu kaufen. Damals waren die Bücher sogar noch umsonst, allerdings durfte man nur drei im Jahr kaufen. Neben Büchern sind unter anderm noch CD-ROMs und Zeitschriften zu beziehen.
From the LA Times:
In a nod to the popularity of CD burners, Apple Computer Inc. and Time Warner Inc.'s Reprise Records label today will begin marketing blank "Lord of the Rings"-themed CDs.
The companies are aiming for fans to purchase the CD and use it to store a digital copy of the film soundtrack bought online.
[...]Label executives said the practice had become so mainstream that it made sense to try incorporating it into their business.
"We want to adapt to the consumer habit," said Robin Bechtel, chief of new media for Warner Bros. Records and Reprise Records. "For a while, this has been the next logical step." [...]
"Like in the years before we will start in January with 5 Borderline Extras about the yearly charts of the "most essential music magazine of the contemporary era" (Forced Exposure). The terrestrial broadcastings (in Northhesse: 105.8 FM) will be every friday in January between 20:00 and 21:00 (CET). The shows will be available in realaudio at www.borderline-extra.de three days after each broadcasting and will be archived there for 15 weeks. In addition you will find there in this 15 weeks the Borderline Extras about the Wire Charts of the years 2001 and 2002."
The music industry fails to understand that a primary reason that consumers illegally share music files is that they want insurance against the music industry itself. File sharing is as much about risk sharing as it is about the theft of value. Technology makes file swapping possible - but the music industry's business model, which is at odds with the implicit contract it signs with listeners, is what makes it probable.
The contract between record labels and music listeners follows basic economics: The labels assume market risk in exchange for value. They take on the risk of talent search, artist development, and distribution costs, in exchange for profits... More
First Google News, now?...MSN is testing an experimental service in the UK. It's in beta, but you can try out MSN Newsbot for yourself at uk.newsbot.msn.com .
Cosmetically it's not too different from Google News. On the front you'll see headlines in several different categories, including UK, Sports, Business, Entertainment, and Tech. On the left menu you'll see links to other Newsbots -- France, Spain, and Italy, along with category listings of news. There's also a link to the most popular articles. More
Independent record labels are fighting to have their names removed from the list of members posted on the Recording Industry Association of America's Web site. Many of the indie labels say they are not RIAA members. Some worry that the association with the music industry's crackdown on file sharers will hurt their image with fans. Joel Rose of member station WHYY reports. More
In December 2003, Warp will make our entire back catalogue and all new releases available as high quality, pay-per-track MP3 downloads.
bleep.com will be the quickest and easiest method of downloading Warp music from the internet. Unlike p2p file sharing (or even iTunes), bleep.com does not require users to install proprietary software to access MP3 downloads.
Warpmart will of course continue to sell all formats of music, merchandise and films.
The RIAA Radar is a tool that music consumers can use to easily and instantly distinguish whether an album was released by a member of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). More
The military is teaming up with hip-hop bible the Source to recruit black urban kids with pimped-out Hummers and off-da-hook merchandise.
"You have to go where the target audience is," says Col. Thomas Nickerson, director of strategic outreach for the U.S. Army Accessions Command, who says that the Army just reached its recruitment goal of 100,200 enlistees this year. "Our research tells us that hip-hop and urban culture is a powerful influence in the lives of young Americans. We try to develop a bond with that audience. I want them to say, 'Hey, the Army was here -- the Army is cool!'" More
For the first time in the 50-year history of the Billboard charts, all top 10 songs in the USA last week were by black artists -- signaling the culmination of hip-hop's ascent as the dominant force in popular music and culture. More
Mixtapes are flooding the industry. Since 50 Cent emerged on the scene, everyone are using mixtapes to spread the word and get their music out to the masses. Everyone from 50 Cent, Diplomats to Snoop Dogg and underground artists put out mixtapes.
Well, it seems that the RIAA is confiscating some inventory from mom and pops shops. Yesterday, Alan Berry, store owner of Berry's Music in Indianapolis, Indiana, was a victim of this. Berry's Music stores and wharehouse were raided by RIAA agents and local police authorities. They confiscated $10,000 worth of inventory, most of that were DJs mixtapes. More and also <a href=swen.antville.org">this
Concrete Heat examines the illegal, underground, alternative music industry of mix tapes. A culture that spawned the likes of 50 Cent, Cam'ron and DMX and is fast making its way to the UK with big name labels falling over themselves to get in on the act.
Featuring figures from both the US and UK scenes such as Cam'ron, Chuck D, Semtex, and Estelle, Rodney P and Skitz lay it down mix tape style, taking you direct to the street, the breeding ground of the future of hip hop Listen to the documentary at BBC1
<a href=www.tonlist.com">Tonlist.com is a one-stop portal for Icelandic music. The web site was launched in April 2003 and offers a complete portfolio of Icelandic music in all genres. The portal is owned by Musiknet ehf. and the headquarters are based in Reykjavik, Iceland. Tonlist.com has formed strategic alliances with the majority of record companies in Iceland and has full support from the Icelandic Music Industry, such as composers, copyright holders, performers and record labels.
Hits Of The Web is a compilation of rankings from various Web sites that reflects music-related activity on the Internet, including sales, downloads, webcasts, searches and more. All data is submitted to Billboard.com by the individual sites.
One of my favorite radio stations is wfmu from New Jersey USA. Right now, I only found the time for listening to Donna Summer's show. But by researching for information or MP3 files of "WIRE-artists" I very often came across of further plalists of other wfmu radio DJs. And what's also remarkable, is the wfmu artist browser. It let's you search for certain artists. The results are links to shows in witch the artist is played. That's very handy, because most of the wfmu shows are archieved for listening. So from now on, I will also post links wfmu shows.
Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC, has announced plans to give the public full access to all the corporation's programme archives.
The service, the BBC Creative Archive, would be free and available to everyone, as long as they were not intending to use the material for commercial purposes, Mr Dyke added.
"The BBC probably has the best television library in the world," said Mr Dyke, who was speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
"Up until now this huge resource has remained locked up, inaccessible to the public because there hasn't been an effective mechanism for distribution.
"But the digital revolution and broadband are changing all that.
"For the first time there is an easy and affordable way of making this treasure trove of BBC content available to all." Read more
Once, the fans came by the busload from across the country to see superstar DJs, the "new rock stars" flown to oversized nightclubs at great expense.
But now dance music, the genre that revolutionised people's clothing, drinking, drug-taking and socialising habits beyond recognition, is battling for survival. Read more
One million downloads a week sounds nice, but a close look at the numbers shows it's not justified. ... Let's look behind the numbers. The 1 million-songs-per-week numbers that were touted in press releases regarding weeks one and two sound big (curiously, Apple has no plans to release a sales total for week three), but upon closer inspection they're not terribly impressive.
Apple says that "more than half" of this song total was sold in album format, rather than as singles. Assuming a conservative 12 songs per album, and one album per person, we can calculate that 500,000 songs would satisfy 42,000 customers. Assuming a conservative five downloads per person for the remaining 500,000 songs, we come up with 100,000 additional users. That's fewer than 150,000 people using the service. (Apple refuses to comment on these numbers.) ...Read the whole article. Found at Lowpass.de
Some 20 teens sued by the Recording Industry Association of America, which accuses them of unauthorized downloads, will appear in a Pepsi-Cola ad that kicks off a two-month offer of up to 100 million free — and legal — downloads from Apple's iTunes, the leading online music seller. The sassy ad, to be seen by Super Bowl's 88 million viewers on Feb 1, is a wink at the download hot button.
Once, the fans came by the busload from across the country to see superstar DJs, the "new rock stars" flown to oversized nightclubs at great expense.